Prelim practical went rather alright. I didn't play well for the Romance because the pianist was really worrying me. Maybe it's my fault. I don't know. But I have started putting myself strictly on 110 bpm to avoid going anywhere off the beat. I'll just need to tune my internal rhythm for the next 1 month. My fingers were a little frozen in the music room too, so it was hard to grasp each note wholly. It sounds ok on the surface, but to the person playing it and those who can understand, it wasn't that err... comfortable. I don't know how to describe it. On good violin days, whatever I play sounds very perfect and whole. It gives a comfortable feeling for both the arms and the ears. Nvm...

The concert at night wasn't Handel's Messiah. I got a slight shock when I flipped through the program booklet. The choir sang Christian songs/hymns that were arranged very nicely. Some of the choral works were written by Mozart and Schubert. I didn't know they wrote sacred works. A majority of the songs were in Chinese, the others in English or German. Therefore, I suppose most of the people who went were from Chinese churches too. The choir also sang an SATB version of You are my All in All. It was a good arrangement and I liked the use of some of the chords because they added new colour to the music. They sang that in English, since it was the original text language. I prefer the English version of some songs because sometimes, Chinese disrupts the flow of the text's plot. Some imagery and word play just can't be properly translated.

I have this rather brain draining assignment, not from school - from Sunday school. Clcd assigned Jacky, Jethro and I a text. Mine's from Mathew 16:21-35 - the parable of the unmerciful servant. Alright I shouldn't be the one complaining. When asked to choose, those 2 were going, "ladies first", yea so I just anyhow picked one text. Now, I have to start thinking about my mini sermon, and applying all the techniques I learnt on how to interpret the bible. And I have to think in Chinese.

Now, I'm off to watch the Dead Poets Society. My parents are already about a quarter way through.